Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 14,415 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Eastern Asia, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Asia is 14,415 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Asia peaked at 14,415 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,734 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Eastern Asia 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,122 1000 ha | 3,734 1000 ha | 4,493 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 6,514 1000 ha | 4,601 1000 ha | 8,587 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,157 1000 ha | 9,073 1000 ha | 13,088 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,868 1000 ha | 13,355 1000 ha | 14,415 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 1 China (People’s Republic of) 12,058 1000 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 11,872 1000 ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 2,839 1000 ha compare
- 4 India 2,567 1000 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 2,207 1000 ha compare
- 6 Ukraine 1,917 1000 ha compare
- 7 Japan 1,881 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 27.3 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 8.54 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 1.18 million 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Asia?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Eastern Asia was 14,415 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 14,415 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,734 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
- Eastern Asia ranks 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.